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Originally Posted by jasonwipf
Look, if you are new to 1/8th then a "top" level racer kit will likely not get maxed out (capability wise) with you or the track or against a group of guys like this. I wouldn't worry about it. A vorza tuned right can be a threat on any track and just as fun to blow peoples minds when they are doing the antics these guys are since it is over powered and you can string 4s or even 6s to its motor and electronics and win the who can blow the rubber off their rims contest. Get some 60k diff oil to put in the center diff so you can do wheelies and use other traditional tuning to make it race well too. You win on all levels man. Have fun and get others into the hobby thats the main goal at a new and budding track like this one.
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Agree 100% about the Vorza, if I was racing mine there i'd probably remove the long rear shocks and Hara D8 rear tower because it looks so flat. In other words you could probably do quite well there with a standard one if you got some sand paddle tyres:
http://www.panthertires.com/store/in...product_id=101
I have to say I love my Vorza, it's the best value for money 1/8 brushless buggy by a mile, a proper blue-collar racing machine.
It comes with a top-of-the-range motor/ESC and the chassis/drivetrain is basically just a HotBodies D8 with a motor mount instead of an engine mount, meaning you get virtually unbreakable case-hardened steel internal and external diff gears, alloy wishbone mounts (unlike some "proper" 1/8 e-buggies which cost twice as much), excellent 16mm shocks (with 4mm shafts-i've never bent one!) etc.
To make it raceable out of the box at your track all I would do is double up the front shock tower (this is a weak point on all 1/8 ebuggies because they're heavier than the nitro equivalents-buy an extra one when the car is new, fit them back-to-back with longer screws and you'll never need another one), play around with tyres and gearing and get a temp gun, but you'd need to do this in a desert climate whichever ebuggy you go for.
Below is a pic of mine having a good look at the curvature of the earth in July last year
Hope this helps.